Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-06-09

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got the little change, and the hotels
got the rest Aflaatta Constitution,
A gentleman write on the subject
/ of spirits aud beer, One point he
fails To make ia. that too much beer
makes one lose ones spirits, while an
oyerindu!gence in spirits is only too
likely to result in n premature bier
Ltfs,
Snookson-A-yaas-Jones is a yefy
good feilaw AT don't know that l
quite call him IA gentleman, You know,
Miss Sharp (who has a liking for
Jonesl-nont Non, reallyp But per-
haps you are not a very good iudgel
-PuHeh.
A Chinese theatrical manager 10
taking steps to Introduce the Chinese
drama in American theatres, This
will he a cruel test of our ~iorhearanoe,
but the manager evidently knows how
we have behaved under British in
fliction.-AtW Karen Meas.
II wish | had your conscience for II
pair of ~suspenders.' was the witty
| remark with which Alderman White
tlnored an opponent whom he desired
To accuse of too much elasticity in the
region of his moral in the
city council proceedings. - BmGako
Courier;
The only possible objection that
can be found with the ho>tse," said che
landlord, after showing all the apart
mcntS, lis the abScnco of IL bath
room" That doesn't make any diff
ference ut all, said the would-be ten
ants; 1--WE are Anarchists. -Uarper's
Bazar.
Miss Upperten-Oh. by the way.
dear, | am going Ia send You an invi-
tation to my party. 1t is 10 be next
week. Miss Sassiety-Party! Why,
love, You surprise me- Is it possible YOU
are not Keeping Lent? Miss Upper
ten-Oh, no; its 50 eommon.-PitS-
6nrg D&SPatch.
AS Il gentleman in the parquet re-
| marked: None but ONE who have
purchased high hats and have none
other to wear, because they can't afford
10 buy new bonnetS, would dare to
wear them to the theatre after all the
hue and cry that has been raiscd."-
Philadelphia Bulletin.
| William Sturgeon, the able and
famous electrician, rose from n cob
bler's bench. We saw a man try to
do the same thing, once, but he was
prevented by Il chunk of shOemaker's
wax that had been carelessly or mis-
| ~chievously left on the seat of the
bench.-Danrile Breeze.
The deacon's wife wanted to iot
down the text, and, leaning over t o
her s~capegrace nephew, she whispered:
Have You any cards about you?"
You can't play iii church" was the
solemn, reproving answer; and the
good woma was so frustrated that
She forgot her text.-HartJord Journal.
Employer-You never complained of
your wages before. In fact, you never
had any cause for complaint. l have
always paid you literally, and you've
had enough to support your family
respectfully and lay up some beside.
Workman-Nery true; but you forget
my lodge expenses. - Boston Trans
cript.
Intuition is defined by a modern
poet to be 1.-The art of knowing ex-
actly the moment when a kiss will
please your best girl" If, however,
you feel yourself deficient in the said
art, there is only one thing to do, and
that is to keep OF trying until you
strike the happy moment. This is the
voice of experience. - Minneapolis
Tribune.
The Use OF Words.
A Canadian SAYS that the word s'to-
boggan'' should be pronounced with
the second o long, as in open.
Citizens of Depere, Wis, are about
to take a vote to determine whether the
name of their city shall be spelled with
a small or with II capital P.
A student of Indian tongues declares
that the word .Chicago' was used by
the Pottawatomie Indians long ago to
designate II place where wild onions
aboundcd-literally, an onion patch.
The word ''pnlyg' is in constant use
among the people in Utah in conversa-
ton and i'll print to designate Il Nor
mon. '.Cohab' is applied to Il person
convicted of unlawful rehabilitation and
less frequently to II person Of improper
habits.
The verb ''to jounce" and the sub
stantive, s,jomcer." are becoming cur
rent i'll certain society circles as terms
by which t o denote respectively mash
and .'maShcr." The idea involved is
that of the reduction Of the victim to
the condition of joIting helplessness
typified by the jellylish
The term pigeon En@4ish,' used to
designate the ljngaG .franca which
passes current between Engiish-speak-
ing people and the Chinese, is said to
be a corruption of business English
the word pigeon being the nearest
approach that IL Chinaman can make Ia
the pronunciation of the English WON
business
Miss FortcsCue, the actress, told a
Chicago reporter the other day that the
adjective elegant" is never used in
London in cultivated conversation.
Cover here it is rightly, and, I notice,
frequently used" said she; .'but in En-
gland we use it but for one thing in the
whole world, and what do YOU think
that is? In advertisements of flats,
elegant new flats to let YOU know
1t is the proper thing in St. Paul and
Minneapolis now to cal! i dude of Il
certain class Il fade" To come strict
ly under this designation IA dude must
not be too old nor too stout, and his
most prominent characteristics must be
4 melancholy mien and a habit of pro-
found silence where speech is not abso-
lutely necessary. He should smile on
ly rarely, and in taking leave of a per-
son should vanish gently as if fading
away,